School overview
Manning Elementary School
How Manning is governed, funded, and represented in the official record. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who makes decisions for Manning?
Manning is governed districtwide by the mayor-appointed Boston School Committee. At school level, the Manning School Site Council is the statutory body that reviews the school plan and full budget and approves the discretionary budget and significant school-community recommendations.
School Site Council
BPS requires equal parent and professional representation. Parent members are elected at the School Parent Council's annual election meeting, and council meetings are public.
School Parent Council
Manning's school-community page identifies an active parent council representing all families. It is distinct from the statutory Site Council.
Public-record gap
No current Manning Site Council roster, agenda, minutes, recording, school plan, or discretionary-budget packet was located in the collected public sources.
The absence of online local-council records does not establish that meetings did not occur; it limits what this page can verify.
Where the school stands
The school allocation includes 25.3 FTE. Centrally held transportation, facilities, benefits, and district services are outside this figure.
The enrollment input used to build the FY27 allocation.
State-reported enrollment across pre-K through grade 6.
Context calculation: $3,103,473.14 divided by 153. This is not total district spending per student.
Temporary funding tied to the end of hold-harmless support for declining enrollment.
Major projects
Community biodiversity facility grant
Shared grant approved April 15, 2026The School Committee approved a grant package containing a new $66,262 Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Community Biodiversity Grant for facility improvements at Manning and five other schools.
- School Committee approved the grants package by unanimous consent
Funding
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Community Biodiversity Grant
$66,262 is the total shared across six named schools; the record gives no Manning-only share.
This page uses Manning's collected FY27 allocation records, Massachusetts enrollment profile, Boston council rules, school-community page, and the April 15 School Committee agenda and approved minutes.
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